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Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I do not for one moment doubt his absolute commitment. I get a sense that he relishes and is excited about the plans for the reform of local government. He is someone with whom I worked on the General Council of County Councils. I know of his vigour, enthusiasm and commitment to local government. I looked at the numbers on my database for county...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I was delighted to assist the Minister of State with it. I gave it to him.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It was Senator Horkan.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Minister of State repeat that? I could not hear him.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Sorry, but to correct the Minister of State, I said the Minister, but that is to be encouraged.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses. I thank Ms Hurley, Mr. O'Mahony, Ms Spillane and Mr. Tynan for their contributions. We had engagement about this at a previous meeting and we have loads of information. I do not think anyone in this room needs to be convinced about the need to have support housing. I am glad to say that the witnesses have overlapping coverage of a recurring theme, and it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Ms Hurley might touch on the only two actions that are contained in Rebuilding Ireland where our discussion is concerned. I take it from this meeting that the two people in St. Laurence's Park will be safe and remain in their homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Hurley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No, I have nothing to disagree on. Well done and I fully concur with all their thoughts and recommendations.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Being conscious of the time, I will deal quickly with two issues. First, I formerly second the amendment to the Order of Business that Senator Warfield outlined. I will touch briefly on last night's "RTÉ Investigates". Without commenting in detail, it is timely and appropriate that we would have the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, come back to the House. The...

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: First Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Forestry Sector: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I am conscious of the time, so I will be brief and not repeat what has been said. We have had five meaningful and engaging contributions to the debate and I acknowledge the Minister of State will not have time to answer all the questions that have been put, so I will only comment on the matter. I warmly welcome the Minister of State. What could be nicer than to have responsibility for...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I want to stay positive. I have always said I support Rebuilding Ireland. We know that came about initially as a Government programme with the then Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney. We know that the new Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, had another look at it. It was right to look at it again to see if it needed to be tweaked, not changed. I want to pay...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: They have always helped us when we asked for it. From time to time, though, there are frustrations about the slowness of the process. Undoubtedly, even the Minister is frustrated in that regard and is eager to move the situation on. I acknowledge his commitment to this. The Minister is present, so I will repeat something that I said last week because I want him to hear it from me directly....

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate the Minister's response.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will not propagate it if it is not fully correct information, but perhaps this points to the problem, namely, trying to get a handle on the correct figures for the output in terms of social build. I am not referring to AHB builds but local authority builds. I take on board the Minister's assertion that this figure is not correct, but he might confirm whether it is correct to say that...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will try to keep this as tight as possible. There has been a lot of discussion on the amendment. The essence of this amendment is to give the elected members a zero rating in that they would pay no charge for making an observation or submission on planning applications. Not all submissions are negative, but sometimes people associate them with objections. I have written in favour of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to be clear so there is no ambiguity about my appeal to the Minister of State. I am aware that the Minister of State is supportive, and I know that the officials are supportive. The Minister of State has indicated that he may do this through regulation. We are not that far apart. I have lobbied strongly, as have the Independent Senators and Senators from Sinn Féin, Fianna...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No, we are united.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: United we stand, divided we fall.